Which to use
“ogro” and “órgão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,474
- “ogro” frequency rank
- #2,659
- “órgão” frequency rank
- 34133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ogro | órgão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | figura fantástica e ameaçadora, que come carne humana; bicho-papão | instrumento musical com teclado cujo som é formado pelo vento que passa por tubos |
Letter map: ogro vs órgão
Shared letters muted; letters that set ogro and órgão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ogro runs 4 letters (VCCV) against órgão's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - ogro / órgão
ogro and órgão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ogro is recorded at frequency rank #31,474, classified as anoun. órgão is at rank #2,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔrgɜ̃ũ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34133, this pair ranks #33,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ogro vs órgão
Shared letters: gor. Private to "ogro": -. Private to "órgão": ãó.
"ogro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "órgão" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ogro ← goro · oggro · ogor · ogrro · orgo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ogro" and "órgão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ogro" vs "órgão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "ogro" and "órgão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ogro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "órgão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ogro" and "órgão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ogro vs ori". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #33,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.